''Guddu Rangeela'' is an Indian

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film, directed by Subhash Kapoor. It stars

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and

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in lead roles. The film is presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Sangeeta Ahir. Guddu Rangeela has incorporated the Manoj-Babli honour killing case in the storyline.

Plot

Based in North India, Guddu Rangeela is a story about two cousins trying to make ends meet in the crime infested surroundings. Rangeela (

) and Guddu (

) are orchestra singers by day and informants by night, acquiring measly pay offs from the information provided to local gangsters about the richest families in town, has fetched them an easy and safe way to subsist without getting their hands dirty in the bargain. Although cousins by blood, both are very much unlike each other. The love hate rapport of the two comes to be seen through the many dangerously funny circumstances that they are met with and their impromptu methods of saving their skin each time. Having suffered a tragic past at the hands of the gang lord turned politician Billu Pahalwan (

); the antagonist of the tale; both are discreetly entangled in a 10-year-old legal battle against him through Gupta, an honest advocate fighting on their behalf. While the unorthodox and impulsive Guddu aspires to grow out of their hand to mouth way of life by executing the loot themselves, the comparatively self-righteous and mature Rangeela despises the idea of getting onto the dark side of the city's law. Like money, women too are Guddu's poison, who is time and again seen flirting and effortlessly pulling off one night stands. Rangeela on the contrary hasn't moved on from the tragedy that consumed his only love Babli (

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) years back. Rangeela's prime motto has always been to overthrow his nemesis Billo, thus undoing the injustice and cruelty that transpired years back. Lucky enough, one such opportunity comes knocking. They kidnap Baby ( Aditi Rao Hydari) looking to make an easy 1 million money in the process. In the process finds himself confronting the vicious and tyrannical Billo. What follows is a chaotic tale of redemption and payback. An ambition, a plan, a kidnapping and a To-and-Fro tale of victory and defeat leading up to a dramatic climax.

Cast

as Rangeela *

as Guddu *

as Billu Pahalwan, the main antagonist * Aditi Rao Hydari as Baby * Sandeep Goyat as Chottey *

as BabliJ *

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as Bangali *

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as CM *

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as Police Inspector Ajay Singh * Rajiv Gupta as Inspector Gulab Singh *

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as lawyer * Naushad Abbas as goon

Reception

The film grossed an estimated after five days of its release and after that dropped heavily.Box Office Collection: 'ABCD 2', 'Guddu Rangeela' Business Slows Down After Weekend – IBTimes India
M.ibtimes.co.in (8 July 2015). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.

Soundtrack

The songs for ''Guddu Rangeela'' are composed by

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while lyrics are written by

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. The first single "Mata Ka Email" was released on 8 June 2015. The full audio album was released on 19 June 2015. Music rights for the film are acquired by ''

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'' & ''Zee Music Company''.

References

External links

* * {{Subhash Kapoor 2010s Hindi-language films 2015 films Fox Star Studios films Indian comedy films Films directed by Subhash Kapoor 2015 comedy films